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AOOS Board
Anchorage, October 17, 2014
• IOOS Association
- Treasurer & EXCOM
- Retreat in August
- National budget
- Certification
• Ocean Research Advisory Panel (ORAP)
- Inactive at this point – last 3 meetings
cancelled
• Arctic Observing
- IARPC planning teams
- Data services for Arctic programs
• NAS Gulf Program
- Strategic plan completed
- New committee now in charge
Alaska Activities
 Community Based Monitoring Workshop
 STAMP Workshop
 AOOS 10th Anniversary (Dugan report)
 EVOS Gulf Watch Alaska Program
 Preparing for next 5 year cooperative agreement
 Tracking Alaska Arctic Policy Committee – science needs
 NWAB Science program
 Ecological Forecasting Workshop
March Board Meeting Follow-up
 Tribal board member
 TEK expert for DMAC
 University of Alaska/AOOS follow-up
 Strategic vision/planning (“Out of this world” group)
 Use of AOOS data at SFOS
 ADF&G & ERMA meetings
• Multiple proposals funded
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2 for IOOS marine sensor technology program (freeze-up detection and ocean acidification); 2 as
partners to NPRB long-term monitoring (Seward Line & Chukchi sentinel mooring); Kenai Peninsula
Fish Habitat (CIRT tool enhancements); Arctic Marine Biodiversity; MARES; Arctic Eis
Observing System Highlights
Marine Operations
- Successful launch & retrieval of Norton Sound buoy
Partners in Nome to take on storage, maintenance, deployment
- Cook Inlet buoy fixed, to be deployed next season
Engagement from recreational boating community (survey)
- New web cam, AIS & weather station at Kenai River mouth
- Targeted stakeholder workshop (first of several planned events)
Observing System Highlights
Coastal Hazards
- Shoreline profile database – underway
- Collaboration with Weather Service, LCCs and CO-OPS
- Geodetic leveling of community tide gauges
- Pilot development of short-term water level stations
- Color indexed maps
- Wave sensors in Beaufort
Observing System Highlights
Water quality including Ocean Acidification
- OA Burkolator at Seward shellfish hatchery
- PWS expanded monitoring: gliders and tour boats
- Ecological Forecasting: focus on HABs, pathogens,
invasive species
Observing System Highlights
Ecosystems, Fisheries & Climate Trends
- Biophysical mooring in Chukchi
- Pilot hydrophone on glider for marine
mammal tracking
- Arctic Animal Tagging Network
discussions
- Success and continued progress on Yukon
River forecast; AYK salmon data
- Aleutian and Bering Climate Vulnerability
Assessment (Tyler report)
Data System Highlights
 AOOS system now fully HTML5
 Improved catalog navigation
 National SOS test complete
 IOOS Systems integration test underway
 This year’s work plan: focus on metadata and data
ingestion; develop iPhone app, AOOS lite
 MOA signed between MXAK and AOOS, Canadian DFO
& AOOS
 What’s coming? Vessel tracks, Shorezone/station, Fish
Atlas, Historic Sea Ice Atlas, improved sensor map UI
Oct 21-22: AK Sea Grant Advisory Committee
Oct 28-31: PAG & DBO workshops, Seattle
Ocean Acidifict ion in Al aska
Nov 5-6: IOOS Assoc, WA DC
Nov 18-20: Gulf Watch AK PI meeting
Nov 19: AOOS 10th Anniversary Event
Dec 2-3: OA Workshop in Anchorage
Dec 10-11: Structured Decision Making (SDM) Workshop,
Aleutian and Bering Climate Vulnerability Assessment
Learn about it. Discuss it. Offe ideas on wh at to do about it.